Trophy

Quick meaning: Trophy is a noun meaning An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.

Meaning

An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.

More Meanings

1. An object taken as a prize by a hunter, or a conqueror or belligerent, especially one that is displayed.
2. Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
3. (criminology, by extension) An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime.
4. An artifact or artwork that has been stolen by a criminal and traded on the black market.
5. An animal killed by a trophy hunter that usually has its parts sold on the black market.
6. (art, architecture) A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch.
7. (historical, Ancient Rome) A tropæum.

Example Sentences

He won the trophy in a running competition.

A trophy from this murder would have been of great importance.

The set of antlers which hung on the wall was his prized trophy.

His trophies included his second wife, his successful children, the third and fourth homes in Palm Beach and Malibu, and his three yachts.

Word Forms

• trophies
• trophying
• trophied

Synonyms for trophy

Depending on context, synonyms include prize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prize, spoil, award, title, ornament, kill.

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